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| Production deficit - children do not apply mneumonic strategies when neccessary |
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| Spontaneous elaboration does not occur until adolescence |
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| Metamemory: children do not develop adequate knowledge about how memory works until age 7 |
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| New knowledge leads children to reinterpret and reconstruct past event memories |
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| Children told about 'Sam Stone', the researcher's clumsy friend. Children then meet SS. When asked about the meeting afterwards, children interpret events according to clumsy script. |
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Children asked to do Simon Says task:
1. Children confused by leading questions when asked about events.
2. Identification of person same with adults as with children. |
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| Goodman & Melinder (2007) |
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Interview protocols developed for children:
1. Cognitive interview - can improve recollection for children as young as 4
2. NICHD: introductory, practice, ground rules, open recall
3. Stepwise: open to specific funnel |
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| Meta-analysis of mistaken identifications found that children as accurate as adults when suspect present but many more mistaken identifications when suspect not present. Reasons: demand, face processing, memory trace? Sequential line ups don't help. |
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| Children can be just as accurate as adults |
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